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claim EDWARD MCGUIRE oNEs, or WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY.

v Specification of Letters Patent. I

Application filed May 1'7, 1915. Serial 1o.28,571.

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. JONES, 'a citizen'- of the United States,and a resident of Winchester, in the county of Clark and State ofKentucky, have invented an 'Im Combs, of which the followingprov'ementin is a specification.

' This invention relates to improvements'in toilet articles, and moreparticularly to a G fountain comb adapted for usein the treat- .mentofthe hair and scalp.

One object of the invention is to provide a hollow body portion throughwhich is fed air under pressure and medicinal comtribution to. theseveral teeth of the comb whereby the scalp and hair may be effectivelytreated. 7

Another object is the provigieon of suitable a means for shutting offthe su ply of medicament to'theflteeth so that t air pressure alone maybe utilized for cleansinganddrying the hair.

Astill further object is to provide a device of this character which issimple in construction thus reducing the "cost of manufacture to aminimum, and one. which is effectivedn carrying out the purpose forwhich itis designed.

panying drawing in which like reference characters indicate similarparts, the numeral 1 indicates the body portion of the *comb which ishollow throughout its ene tire length and which has a plurality ofalined teeth 2 having lon itudina-lly extendingducts or passages 3therein- The body portion is also provided with a plurality of smallopenings 3 arrangedin staggered re-. lation between the teeth 2, for apurpose 'which will later appear.

Diametrically disposed to the teeth 2, the

body portion 1 has mounted'in an opening .therein the extension 4 of aglobe coupling 55 5. The latter is also'provided with another extension6 which is in substantially parallel pounds, such as salve andointments, for dis- The inventive idea involved is capable of Referringmore particularly to the accom rel ationwith the body portion 1when-the,

coupling. is in the fiosition shown and which has connectedtheretogigbymeans of aunion 7, one end of the flexible tubing 8, the other PatentedMay 115, ram.

end of which is attached to. a suitablesource' of air supply, not shown.1

The coupling 5 is provided with a threaded opening 9 diametricallydisposed to the extension'e, said opening having mounted therein thethreaded reduced portion 10 of the reservoir or 'cui 11 which has theremovable cover 12 w erebya supply of salve or ointment may be placedtherein. A'duct on passage 13 is formed in the portion 10 andcommunicates. with the reservoir 11 and said portion 10 is furtherreduced and Zti extended to provide an elongated tube 1 iwhich ex'ten'dsthrough the .coupling 5 and portion 4 and projects into the body 1. Aneedle valve 15 is mounted in the cover 12 ofthe reservoir and adaptedto control the passage of the contents thereof through the duct 13 andtube 14 into the body portion 1. The latter has mounted therein thelongitudinally extending baffle'plate 16 which is arranged adjacent einner tube 14 and in the path of the flow therefrom. p

In practice, should it be desired to treat the hair-or scalp with thecontents of the reservoir, the valve 15 is" adjusted so as to regulatethe flow of said contents therefrom into the tube 1i from whence it willdrop upon the baffle plate 16 and be distributed to the ends of the combas well as the central.

portion thereof. In order to facilitate the distribution, the source ofair supply may be turned on and the air under pressure fed through theflexible tubing 8 into the coupling- 5 and thence through the extensioni into the body portion 1 of the comb where it strikes the baffle plate16 and assists 1n distributing the medicamentinto the different teeth 2and through openings 3.

- Should itbe desired to'dispense with the use of the contents of thereservoir and 15 may be adjustedto clbse' the opening in the reservoir11 in order that the alr supply alone will be fed into the bodyportion 1and through the teeth 2 and openings 3.

.A combcomprising a hollow, elongated body portion having staggeredopenings, teeth arranged between said openings and having ducts therein,a coupling carried by said body portion medially the endsthere'of.

merely dry or clean the hair, the needle valve v a flexible connectionattzi bed to said coupling for feeding air into said body "portion andthrough said opnings, a reservoir carried by said coupling nd having atube projecting into said bod aiortion' intermediate its ends, and abaffle plate arranged in said body portion below said tube, the ends .ofsaid plate tenninatingshort of the ends C. L. MCCLURE, J. F.'GRAY.

